A crisis is frequently conceived as an individual rupture, a moment of psychological fragility or emotional collapse. However, research in psychology and organizational sciences demonstrates that it extends far beyond the intimate sphere. Institutions themselves can enter a state of crisis when their customary mechanisms are no longer sufficient to cope with urgency, uncertainty, and…
AI promises extraordinary cognitive convenience. The real question is whether that comfort comes at an invisible cost to the human mind. The rapid rise of artificial intelligence in our daily lives inevitably raises an unsettling question: is this technology truly enhancing our intellectual abilities, or is it gradually weakening some of the cognitive efforts that…
Can humans truly avoid communicating? This article explores how meaning emerges from behavior long before conscious intention or spoken language appear. We often think of communication as an action: speaking, writing, answering, explaining. We associate communication with intention, language, and the deliberate desire to convey something to someone else. However, ordinary experience quickly complicates this…
Eliminating words to make certain ideas unthinkable, Newspeak turns language into a tool of cognitive control. How far can it shape reality? In 1949, George Orwell published Nineteen Eighty Four.A dark novel that went on to become one of the most influential dystopias of the twentieth century. It is a world of total surveillance, political…
Behind the apparent rationality of voting, the brain relies on mechanisms that largely remain unseen. Emotions, intuition, and a sense of belonging often shape the decision well before it is rationalized. Why do we vote for one candidate rather than another? Why do certain political speeches reassure us, mobilize us, or provoke anxiety, while others,…
“Good” news: AI does not think, but it does speak. “Bad” news: our unconscious speaks, while we imagine that we are thinking. This dual observation, paradoxical at first glance, lies at the heart of what I call Artificial Subjectivity. Let us begin by clarifying what we mean by “thinking.” If by thinking we mean a…
The brain never truly resets. Yet the idea of starting over can be enough to boost motivation and change how we see the future. Each new year acts as a signal. It invites reflection, projection, and a reconsideration of what once seemed firmly established. Biologically, however, nothing distinguishes the brain from one day to the…
Péguy’s Lucidity or the Enigma of Our “Guilty Absent‑Mindedness” The thinker Charles Péguy, in a sharply observed passage cited by Francine Lenne, pinpoints a fundamental yet widespread error of human reasoning:“Speaking of what one does not know (…) will always remain man’s favorite occupation.” With a clinical edge of irony, he notes that while the…
Can a simple word trigger an uncontrollable reaction? Some rare phenomena suggest that language can act far beyond its meaning. Some oddities slip into everyday life like flashes of absurdity. In Morocco, for reasons no one has yet explained, the mere mention of the word “honey” can trigger uncontrollable outbursts in certain individuals a phenomenon…
We see the world as a whole… while the brain processes it in two halves. An illusion of unity orchestrated by our hemispheres. Our perception of space feels fluid and seamless. We instantly detect what happens on our left and right, trace visual trajectories, and identify objects in complex environments. Beneath this apparent unity, however,…